Back in January, the Village of Roslyn board of trustees voted to authorize some limited parking on Davis Lane. The BOT did so for a six-month trial period. At its last meeting, with the trial period coming to an end, the BOT took up the issue again, but decided it would need more testimony from Davis Lane-area residents before extending or terminating the current parking situation.

The January vote came in response to the requests of a longtime village resident, an East Broadway homeowner, who has been in dire need of nighttime parking due to the fact that there is no driveway at the historic home where the resident lives.

Only one Davis Lane-area resident showed up at the June meeting. Andrea Conetta said she had sympathy for the plight of the resident in question, but she also added that Davis Lane was becoming an eyesore due to the new parking provisions. People can now park a truck on the street and leave it there overnight, she said. In addition, Ms. Conetta claims the increased number of cars makes it harder for motorists to drive down the hill. "[The traffic] makes us nervous enough when kids are coming home [from school]," Ms. Conetta added. But both the additional amount of traffic and parked cars is threatening to turn Davis Lane into a "nightmare." Ms. Conetta also cited the addition of "ugly" signs in the neighborhood and the recent appearance of an automobile with "writing all over it." Ms. Conetta said that the aggrieved parties should take up the matter with the Town of North Hempstead for any relief. "I don't see why Davis Lane has to be singled out," she said.

Ms. Conetta claimed other neighbors planned to attend the meeting to also express their opposition to the new signs on Davis Lane.

Mayor John Durkin said a decision would be deferred until the July BOT meeting. Trustee Nolan Myerson was unable to attend the June meeting and Mayor Durkin wanted him at a meeting when a decision was made. The mayor also wanted more Davis Lane-area residents to be present at a public meeting, where they could give their own opinions. The mayor said having only "one voice" against the new parking policy wasn't enough for the BOT to make an informed decision. More hearings are needed.

The January debate over the Davis Lane situation turned into a general debate on the village's longtime parking problems. Frederic Carlton, president of the Roslyn Chamber of Commerce noted that Davis Lane was being treated as a hardship case. If that was so, he added, then many businesses in the village would qualify as hardship cases. They, too, should receive parking exemptions. Lester Arstark floated the idea of a parking permit to solve the village's overall parking problem. Such a permit would also apply to residential parking. BOT members received the idea with some agreement.